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Mr. Lula's anointed successor, Dilma Rousseff, is favoured to win comfortably, after leading opinion polls for months and carrying the most votes — 47 per cent — in the first round on October 3.
Wozniacki's dream comes true
Wozniacki joined Australia's Samantha Stosur as a semifinals qualifier from the Maroon group at the expense of Elena Dementieva. ...
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The U.S. is home to more than half of the world's top 500 supercomputers. China had 24 in the last list, but has pumped billions into developing its computational ability in recent years. ...
PM arrives at 'difficult' EU summit
"The European Parliament wants to see a 6% increase in next year's budget. ...
More Iraq lies exposed
As for the military, under Fragmentary Order or Frago 242, torture was investigated only when coalition troops were directly involved....
Le Conquet
The village of Le Conquet (known in 1341 as Le Conquest) was built between the Atlantic Ocean and the left bank of Aber Conq. ...
Nëpër Luginën e Valbonës
Uji i kaltër përzihej me gjethet që sa kishin nisur të zverdheshin, duke na lënë pamjen e bukur ndër sy....
Abolish the death penalty
The key objectives of the policy are the protection of British citizens overseas facing the death sentence, extradition of accused persons to countries without the risk of execution......
Europe’s institutions and what they do
The EP meets in Brussels and Strasbourg, as well as having offices in Luxembourg. Elections are held every five years, and every EU citizen who is registered as a voter is entitled to vote. ...
French resistance
As happens when the French public are really angry, university students and older school pupils have joined in, thereby continuing a national tradition in political education....
Beware: Your Wi-Fi network is at risk
Hackers can access your home Wi-Fi network in seconds. Here’s how to protect your network... ...
No caste system in the U.S.: Obama
“There's no caste system in the United States of America. Anybody who is willing to make the effort can succeed,” Mr. Obama said......
Politikë dimërore
Në vend të diellit do kenë debatin politik që ka filluar të degjenerojë pa dalë akoma në ekran. ...
Presidenti i KE viziton Tiranen
“Vij në Shqipëri me një mesazh inkurajimi. Inkurajim për të vazhduar reformat dhe rolin pozitiv që vendi juaj luan në rajon."...
Why we need GM labelling
We live in a transgenic age, one in which it is no longer sufficient for food labelling to stop with listing such things as nutritional values, chemical additives, and possible allergens....
Socrates — a man for our times
"Sokrates (470–399 BC) was an ancient Greek philosopher who is widely credited for laying the foundation for Western philosophy. ...
Super typhoon hits the Philippines
Forecasters said Megi was probably the most powerful storm in the world this year and the strongest to hit ......
Faber to publish new Mario Vargas Llosa novel
Faber has signed up the new novel from the freshly-crowned winner of the Nobel Prize for Literature, Mario Vargas Llosa. ...
Cambridge University 'may go private'
Cambridge University may be forced to go private amid fears a rise in tuition fees is not enough to allow it to compete with elite institutions in the United States, it was claimed yesterday. ...
Nën maskën e demokracisë
Pyes ku është demokracia, vallë ku janë ata që e quajnë vetën demokrat dhe mbrojtës të demokracisë, apo ata mbrojtësit e demokracisë......
A "new deal" is needed for refugees
Four-fifths of all refugees eke out a living in the developing world. The west must do more to carry its share of the burden. ...
Djokovic gets past Ljubicic
The results: Second round: Novak Djokovic bt Ivan Ljubicic 6-3, 6-3; Jurgen Melzer bt Daniel Gimeno-Traver 6-3, 7-6(2); Jeremy Chardy bt Alexandr Dolgopolov 6-1, 5-7, 6-2...
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Phones being sold on eBay revealed credit card information and intimate pictures. ...
I've been with God and devil
Words of congratulation came in from Presidents Barack Obama of U.S., Nicolas Sarkozy of France and Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva of Brazil....
Clinton viziton Kosovën
Vizita e sekretares amerikane në Kosovë është në kuadër të turneut të saj në Ballkan. Ajo ka vizituar të martën Bosnjën dhe Serbinë....
Hillary Clinton mbërrin në Sarajevë
Synim i vizitës së saj është të ndihmojë vendet e rajonit që të kalojnë problemet e brendshme dhe që të arrijnë integrimin euro-atlantik. ...
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But not everyone in China criticised the award. On Twitter, thousands of young Chinese welcomed the news, promising their own unique tribute to Mr. Liu. ...
Refreshed Federer ready
But he added: “I'm a strong believer that when I'm at my best I can beat anyone, I can even dominate anyone....
Literature Nobel for a world citizen
A public intellectual who believes in the necessity of a writer's engagement with the important issues of the day, Mr. Vargas Llosa has been an outspoken political activist......
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Në kartën e liberalizimit të vizave sot luajnë ata që janë në pushtet dhe nga opozita që i kritikon! ...
Nobel për Paqe: Liu XiaoBo
Çmimi Nobel për Paqen për vitin 2010 i jepet disidentit kinez, Lio Xiaobo. ...
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“You cannot simply fill a new bottle with old wine,” said Su Wei, director of the climate change department of China's National Development and Reform Commission (NDRC) and the country's chief climate negotiator....
Nobel for making test-tube babies
As the result of their efforts, the world's first test-tube baby, Louise Brown, was born in July 1978....
Dominant Australia rules the pool
Alicia Coutts picks up individual medley with new Games record. ...
Getting social
Like revolutionary technologies before them, such as the telephone, radio, and television, social media can achieve their full potential only when everyone has easy access to them. ...
Brazil faces presidential runoff vote
Ms. Rousseff is a candidate of the Workers Party and an economist. She was associated with militant groups fighting against the 1960s dictatorship....
Demokraci e dergjur!
Sepse vetë fakti që Sejdiu kishte shkelur në mënyrë “serioze” Kushtetutën e vendit, flet për atë që kemi pasur edhe vakuum e edhe krizë institucionale. ...
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Now no roses pluck. for thee, Though 'tis springtime, Fanny mine, Dreary autumn 'tis to me! ...
Liverpool fails to inspire at Utrecht
Liverpool was lucky to escape early in the second period when Raul Meireles had to head off the line from skipper Michael Silberbauer after Reina came for the ball at a corner and missed....
Histeri akuzatore nga oborri në oborr
Inflancioni i shifrave, aferave, dhe dedeksionit të përgjithshëm në shoqëri, ka dy qëllime nga inspiruesit dhe realizuesit....
Të gjitha fitoret tona si të Pirros ...
A thua, ende dikush dyshon se paralajmërimet e EULEX-it për burgosjen e “peshqve të mëdhenj” dhe realizimi i disa bastisjeve spektakulara propagandistike në institucionet tona të larta ......
Suu Kyi to be freed
The Nobel Peace laureate, who has been under detention for most of the last twenty years since winning the country's last general election, will be freed when ......Author info